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John was at the heart of everything good about Dunboyne
Where do nicknames originate? Every town, village and city in the country has them to identify characters of note in the locality. If the individual or their kinfolk are long enough established or well enough known in an area, it becomes the case that they become more recognisable by their ‘other’ title than their Christian […]
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Selections for Killarney – May 17th 2022
5.25: SCHIELE (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.55: CIGAMIA (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.25: GOLDFINCH – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.55: SISTINE MADONNA (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.25: COMETH THE MAN – EW – (COLIN KEANE/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 7.55: TOO BRIGHT – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 8.30: PORT SUNLIGHT (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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Selections for Sligo – May 17th 2022
5.10: KINGS VIEW – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTELEDGE (5)/PAT MCKENNA) 5.40: PRINCESS RAJ (TOM MADDEN/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.10: BRIDGE OF DAWN – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.40: DARK NOTE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.10: MIRAMIS – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 7.40: ENTROPY (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.10: ZAYNUDIN (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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A few people having to sit up and take notice…
Meath…1-14 Dublin…1-27 Regardless of what transpired between the lines, what you are about to read hereafter was always going to be a story of two halves. However, even if there was a semblance a script in mind it could be torn up before the chariot conveying yours truly had docked on the fourth floor of […]
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Selections for Killarney – May 15th 2022
2.00: ROCK YA BOY YA (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/FRANCIS CASEY) 2.30: MARVEL DE CERISY (RACHAEL BLACKMORE /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.00: ANNA BUNNINA (SIMON TORRENS/JOHN MCCONNELL) 3.30: SIT DOWN LUCY – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/PETER FAHEY) 4.00: EGALITY MANS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: NORWIGI (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 5.00: STEALTHY TOM (SHANE FITZGERALD (5)/ENDA BOLGER) 5.30: FELIX […]
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Same again for Meath
Meath have announced the same starting 15 as that which bypassed Wicklow to take on Dublin in tomorrow’s Leinster SFC semi final at Croke Park. James McEntee will wear the No.5 shirt have swapped roles with Jason Scully at the throw-in the last day in Pairc Tailteann, the switch stays in place. The only other […]
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Selections for Navan – May 14th 2022
2.05: BEAUTY CRESCENT (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.40: LAAHOF – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 3.15: BLIND BEGGAR (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.50: AMAZING EMMA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/LIAM MCATEER) 4.25: ARBUTUS (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.00: ROCK BREAKER – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/LUKE COMER) 5.35: PARIS LIGHTS (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON)
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Selections for Leopardstown – May 13th 2022
5.10: OUR BOY WES – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.45: PARIS PEACOCK (SHANE FOLEY/ESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.20: PURPLE GOWN (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.55: SIMPLY GLORIOUS – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (7)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 7.30: PHOENIX COWBOY – W/O FAV – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.00: FALLEN FOREST – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTELEDGE/WILLIAM DURKAN) 8.30: SAFECRACKER (AINE O’CONNOR […]
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Selections for Kilbeggan – May 13th 2022
4.55: DAISY DUFRESNE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: BONARC – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH/JOHN RYAN) 6.00: BABY ZEUS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.35: HOPE DES BLINS – W/O FAV – (SHANE FITZGERALD (5)/JOHN RYAN) 7.10: FERDIA – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN (5)/JOHN RYAN) 7.45: JACK HACKETT – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 8.17: UNCLE PHIL (PATRICK […]